| dried beans, cooked and mashed and then fried in lard, sometimes with onions and other seasonings. |
| re·fried beans (rē'frīd') pl.n. Beans that have been cooked and then mashed and fried with seasonings. [Translation of Spanish frijoles refritos : frijoles, pl. of frijole, bean + refritos, pl. past participle of refreir, to refry.] |